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Sir Roger Gale vs Hilary Benn

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Hilary Benn voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,060 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 998 different votes 1,060 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
45 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 117 shared votes
69 Aye 48 No
26 Aye 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 17 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 26 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
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